US 12,254,436 B1
Package securing system
Brad Ruffkess, Atlanta, GA (US); Hugo Giralt Echevarria, Oakland, CA (US); Siddharth Vanchinathan, Oakland, CA (US); Alejandro Castillejo Muñoz, San Francisco, CA (US); and Mauro Alencar, San Rafael, CA (US)
Assigned to BoxLock, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by BOXLOCK, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,935.
Application 17/686,935 is a continuation of application No. 15/586,512, filed on May 4, 2017, granted, now 11,288,617.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/083 (2024.01); G07C 9/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [G07C 9/20 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for secure item delivery, comprising:
a lock comprising a housing defining an internal cavity, wherein an embedded controller and a shank position sensor are disposed within the internal cavity and a shank is at least partially disposed within the internal cavity, further comprising an embedded data image scanner disposed at least partially within the internal cavity and having a scanning interface capable of scanning an item external to the housing, and further wherein the lock is located at a particular location; and
a server in operative communication with the embedded controller of the lock, wherein the server comprises a processor and is operative to:
receive an item tracking number associated with an item for delivery to the particular location;
receive a signal comprising machine-readable data transmitted from the embedded controller of the lock, wherein the machine-readable data is scanned from the item via the scanning interface of the embedded data image scanner;
extract a particular tracking number from the machine-readable data;
determine that the particular tracking number matches the item tracking number;
receive a position of the lock from the shank position sensor, the position of the lock identifying the shank in a locked position; and
upon determining that the particular tracking number matches the item tracking number, transmit a verification signal to the embedded controller of the lock, thereby causing a portion of the shank to release from the housing and thus open the lock and enable delivery of the item to the particular location.